On 20/04/2025 at 10:17, Adam The God said:

I wonder what Caro will say...

"Tiges supporters hate Docklands" they were already wheeling out the excuses last night on the coverage

  On 20/04/2025 at 10:30, demon3165 said:

You are kidding last year for me.

Attempted joke.

  On 20/04/2025 at 12:24, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Attempted joke.

No joke you have your opinion I have mine.

  On 19/04/2025 at 10:46, Ghostwriter said:

HOW BLOODY GOOD WAS THAT WIN !!!

....

PS: ‘twas my lucky Melbourne socks that did it.

YOU’RE ALL WELCOME!

Needless to say I’ll be wearing them every week.

Again, you’re all welcome 😁

YEAH THE MIGHTY DEES!

I was thinking your Demon Army socks will be banished to the back of the sock drawer. Yay lucky Dees socks!

  On 19/04/2025 at 23:41, old dee said:

I am not sure why people are so critical of things from yesterday. We played with fire and confidence yesterday and lead all day. I will take that every week.

Great comment OD Some never satisfied. Perfection to be aimed at but hard to produce;

That handball from Oliver when he looked like he was about to do a dump kick stopped and got it to Trac was just the best.

Just watched the mini replay

Kelli Underwood is poison to my ears 🤬

  On 20/04/2025 at 23:13, Sigil said:

That handball from Oliver when he looked like he was about to do a dump kick stopped and got it to Trac was just the best.

We did that a few times, rather than a dump kick we used the extra handball to great effect all day.

We also limited Freo to only 33 metres gained from their forward handball game, they average 333 metres in 2025.

IT'S FREE GRILL'D BURGER DAY!!!

  On 20/04/2025 at 23:33, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Just watched the mini replay

Kelli Underwood is poison to my ears 🤬

In fairness to Underwood, Jack Reiwoldt was just as worse. Got a bunch of names wrong and is generally just a nails to the chalk board to listen too.

For a guy that's fresh out of the game he's genuinely one of the worst commentators going around. The fact that he's also main host of On the Couch, sums of today's media landscape. That use to be one of my most favourite footy show going around but I refuse to watch it now with him on there.

Edited April 21Apr 21 by dazzledavey36

  On 21/04/2025 at 00:45, dazzledavey36 said:

In fairness to Underwood, Jack Reiwoldt was just as worse. Got a bunch of names wrong and is generally just a nails to the chalk to listen too.

For a guy that's fresh out of the game he's genuinely one of the worst commentators going around. The fact that he's also main host of On the Couch, sums of today's media landscape. That use to be one of my most favourite footy show going around but I refuse to watch it now with him on there.

💯

I didn't notice Underwood/Riewoldt so much but felt Healy was a pain to listen to with his pro-Freo commentary. Actually I thought Underwood had improved as I used to think she was absolutely intolerable but I hardly noticed her (perhaps just me).

Out of all the AFL players that have played 5-6 games this year:

Xavier Lindsay is rated 5th for disposal efficiency (1st for kicking efficiency)

Ed Langdon is rated 7th for disposal efficiency (5th for kicking efficiency)

  On 20/04/2025 at 09:01, Roost it far said:

I'd want to see no more injuries and all of May, McVee, Fritsch, JVR, Turner and after that Lever back into the side asap. With faster ball movement Fritsch will have a field day. Opposition sides will have to man up a forward half of Pickett, Fritsch, Petracca at times and Perhaps Petty and JVR. That's a handful when the ball is coming in quick, less so when it's bombed high and slow. If we can limit injuries we should have some decent footy coming up. There's no easy games when you're 1-5 though. Richmond aren't hopeless.

Fritsch can pull his finger out and find form in the Dewies. His lazy efforts are one reason we're in this predicament

  On 19/04/2025 at 10:27, Demon Dynasty said:

You need an enforcer or two.

We've had the old stager in Vines for so long. Now he's joined by the young Kolt.

Fighting for every scrap, jostling and flying the flag are just as important as anything else in the game.

Add to that the fierce attack on the ball and ball carrier.

Pressure pressure pressure. Something that's been missing for far too long.

The sharing of ball, running in support and more HBs forward (finally), paid dividends today.

Have to back it up though. No flukes pls.

New enforcers – Kolt and Leb.

Who’d have thunk it?

  On 21/04/2025 at 00:45, dazzledavey36 said:

In fairness to Underwood, Jack Reiwoldt was just as worse. Got a bunch of names wrong and is generally just a nails to the chalk board to listen too.

For a guy that's fresh out of the game he's genuinely one of the worst commentators going around. The fact that he's also main host of On the Couch, sums of today's media landscape. That use to be one of my most favourite footy show going around but I refuse to watch it now with him on there.

Riewoldt feels like a classic jobs for the boys appointment.

  On 21/04/2025 at 00:45, dazzledavey36 said:

The fact that he's also main host of On the Couch, sums of today's media landscape. That use to be one of my most favourite footy show going around but I refuse to watch it now with him on there.

Much prefer him to Lyon in that role. Nothing against Lyon per se, but he's both opinionated and forthright about his opinions, which then turned OTC into a bit of a pub discussion when everyone's fighting to have their voices heard. Lyon is better on AFL360 where he only has one person to bounce off/come back at him, while Riewoldt's tentativeness and cooler approach lets others in without the argy bargy.

  On 21/04/2025 at 07:04, bing181 said:

Much prefer him to Lyon in that role. Nothing against Lyon per se, but he's both opinionated and forthright about his opinions, which then turned OTC into a bit of a pub discussion when everyone's fighting to have their voices heard. Lyon is better on AFL360 where he only has one person to bounce off/come back at him, while Riewoldt's tentativeness and cooler approach lets others in without the argy bargy.

OTC always felt like better discussion. Riewoldt cheapens the discussion every time. He’s like the little brother that won’t be quiet so he says stupid things to get attention. I no longer watch, it was the last footy show I tuned into.

  On 20/04/2025 at 23:33, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Just watched the mini replay

Kelli Underwood is poison to my ears 🤬

She’s better than she used to be - in the past, she’d try to create a newspaper headline after every goal which became really cringy. She’s pared that back thankfully.

I did find it amusing that she called two possessions for Disco Turner in the third after he’d been subbed off for concussion.

  On 19/04/2025 at 11:43, Ghostwriter said:

Oh Ditcha… make no mistake… I’ll be wearing those socks to every single match. This evening I found my Demon Army socks in my son’s sock drawer and guess what? I’m leaving them there! Wore them five times, we lost all five matches. Never underestimate the power of the sock 😅

So Freo, I know what you’re thinking.

Have the Dees lost five games or will it be six?

So, do you feel lucky punks?

(they obviously weren’t counting on the lucky socks👍)

  On 19/04/2025 at 12:14, Undeeterred said:

You must have PTSD related amnesia about the heart in mouth short kicks out of defence early in Tommy’s career. That was always a wild ride

Yeah, but Frosty was always there to pick up the pieces.😳😳

  On 21/04/2025 at 01:40, Dr. Gonzo said:

I didn't notice Underwood/Riewoldt so much but felt Healy was a pain to listen to with his pro-Freo commentary. Actually I thought Underwood had improved as I used to think she was absolutely intolerable but I hardly noticed her (perhaps just me).

Underwood called Lindsay “Turner” at least 3 times in the second half, despite the fact that Turner had been subbed out with concussion.

I have low expectations of commentators these days. I don’t even mind Brian Taylor in small doses. But please, know who the players are. That’s all I ask.

Anyone else rewatched this like it was our 2021 GF again?

  On 21/04/2025 at 10:03, Deestroye said:

Anyone else rewatched this like it was our 2021 GF again?

Not quite but I know what you mean. Imagine the reruns if we beat Collingwood in "our GrandFinal"

Shout out to Harry Petty in this game, I'm sure others have praised him for his performance but I really thought he came to play. Contested well and helped us keep it in there and he gave us some much needed movement with leads straight at the ball carrier.

I also wanted to make an observation on his set shooting, this was 2023 level Petty and he was kicking through the ball beautifully. I paid very close attention to his kicking routine last year after a few early misses and I'm of the firm belief that he was really hindered by his foot rehab + no full pre season at that point. I think it was screwing his routine up a lot. because each time he took a set shot he seemed to splay his foot out outwards slightly at the last second and missing the target by a lot. He now seems to have much better control of that foot back.